Combination hammer and hatchet



S. NOSEWOHTHY. comm/mo N HAMMER AND HATCHET.

APFLIQAT'GN FILED APLZB, i920.

mzented 5km@ 28, L-912i UNirED STATES 'STUART NOSEWORIHY, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

coiviiiiiiii'rioiv HAMMER AND Hatrcirii'r.` Y

A`Applieationi,filed April 28, 1,920. SeralNo. 377,283.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, STUART Nosnwonri-IY, subject of King George V of England, residing at Cambridge, in the county of MiddleseX and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination Hammers and Hatchets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved carpenters tool consisting of a hammer and hatchet combined. The object of the invention is to provide in one tool a hammer and a hatchet, the hatchet blade being detachably-fastened to the hammer so that two tools, namely the hammer and hatchet, can be combined in one. Such a tool is of great convenience, and is especially adapted for use by mechanics who are employed in building construction, and being located in inconvenient and high places it isdesirable to carry as few tools as possible. ln the present invention the hatchet blade can be quickly and securely attached to the hammer i or detached therefrom, and the same is provided with a guard which is attached to the hatchet blade in such a manner as to cover the cutting edge of the hatchet when it is not in use so that the hatchet blade can be detached from the hammer and carried in the pocket of the user.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved combined hammer and hatchet.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings 5 is the handle of the tool 6 the hammer head, and 7 the hatchet blade. One end 8 of the hammer head is cylindrical and is used in the usual manner for hammering nails or the like into position. Said hammer head is also provided with the usual' pair of claws 9. The end 1() of said hammer is located opposite the head 8 and is substantially rectangular in cross section as illustrated in Fig. 2. The end 10 of the hammer projects into a slot 11 provided in the rear end of the hatchet Vblade 7, said slot being located between two jaws 12 and 13. The end 10 of the hammer is fastened to the jaws 12 and 13 of the hatchet blade by a bolt 14, which projects therethrough `and Speceatoii of LettersPatent.

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is provided atone end with a head`15, and 'i at the other end with a thumb nut 16 which has screw-threaded engagement with the bolt 14, and thus fastens' the head of the hammer 6 and the hatchet blade 7 together. To still further secure the hatchet blade to the hammer head, a pair of oppositely disposed links 17 is provided, said links being plvoted at 18 to the jaw 12, and being also provided with notches 19 adjacent their lower ends which when the linksl 17 are slung downwardly into the position illustrated in Fig. 1 are engaged by pins 2O fastened to the hatchet blade 7. The links 17 are provided with laterally extending finger pieces 21 for the purpose of conveniently manipulating said jlinks. The cutting edge 22 of the hatchet blade is covered when not in use by a guard 2,3 which slips onto the hatchet blade and is secured thereto by frictional engagement therewith. The hammer head 6 is attached to the handle 5 by a shank 24; which projects into a slot 25 extending longitudinally of the handle from one end thereof, and is still further fastened to said handle by a pair of screws 26.

Moreover it will be noted that the shank 241 extends longitudinally of the handle from an extension 27 forming ka portion of the hammer head, and this extension terminates at the line A, Fig. 1, at al substantial distance below a plane B--B extending at substantially right angles to and transversely of the handle 5, and engaging the lower end of the cutting edge 22 of the hatchet blade 7.

The object of this construction is that if the hammer end 8 or the cutting edge 22, as the case may be, should pass by the object at which a blow is aimed. then the extension 27 would engage said object instead of the wooden handle 5 and prevent said wooden handle from being broken.

I claim:

1. A hammer, a handle therefor, an end on said hammer extending transversely of said handle, a hatchet blade provided with a slot in which said end is adapted to fit, said slot being located between two jaws onv said hatchet blade and a bolt extending through said jaws and through said end of said hammer and fastening them together and means to prevent said hatchet blade and hammer from rotating relatively to each other on said bolt.

2. A hammer, a handle therefor, an end on said hammer'extending'transversely of said handle, a hatchet blade provided with a slot in which saidend is adapted to fit, said slot being located between two jaws on said hatchet blade and a bolt extending through said jaws and through said end of said ham# mer and fasteningthem together, and a pair of oppositely disposed links, each of said links pivoted at one end thereof tosaid jaws l0 and provided with `a notch adj aeent their opposite ends adapted to engage va projection on the other of said jaws.

` In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand lin presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STUART Nosnwonfijiin Witnesses: i l y 'Y FRANKLIN E. Low,

CATHERINE Joranf 

